Anonymous, Italian, Venetian, 16th century

Study of a Bearded Man Wearing the Helmet of Guidobaldo II della Rovere, Duke of Urbino

1536–40
Charcoal or black chalk, highlighted with white chalk, on blue paper (faded to blue-gray)
25.8 × 21.5 cm (10.2 × 8.5 in)

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